John cleave



J. OLEAVE.

CANDY KBTTLE.

(No Model.)

NVENTH Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

W/TNESSES Afro/mm? l UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

l JOHN CLEAVE, OF OREDITON, ENGLAND.

CAN'DY- KETTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters. Patent No. 601,747, dated April 5, 1898. Application filed March 3, 1897. Serial No. 625,803. (No model.) Patented in England October 5, 1896, No. 22,018.

.T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN CLnAvE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Orediton, in the county of Devon, Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kettles, (for which I have received Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 22,0118, bearing date October 5, 1896,) of which the following is a full and complete` specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make an use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in kettles for boiling sugar and other articles which are heated by means of steam; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and which may be used Wherever such devices of this class are required.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specificatiomof which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my improved kettle and showing the method of constructing and operating the same, together wi th the frame by which it is supported ,and Fig. 2, an opposite side view thereof, part of the construction being shown in section.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide asuitable frame,which consists of end portions 5,which are preferably composed of metal and which are supported by legs 6, and the end portions of the frame or support are preferably circular in form, and at the top thereof are crossheads 7, to ywhich are secured blocks 8, in which are mounted journals or shafts 9, the cross-heads 7 and the blocks 8 serving simply to form bearings for said journals or shafts.

The journals or shafts 9 are free to turn in their bearings, and one of said journals or bearings is provided with a lever lO, by which the kettle may be turned or agitated, and in the construction of my improved kettle I form the body portion 11 thereof of copper or any preferred material, and I secure around the top thereof heavy metal bands 12, and around the entire body portion of the bottom of the kettle I coil a copper pipe 13, and centrally of the bottom of the kettle one end of said pipe is bent downwardly, as shown at 14, and is provided witha discharge-valve 15, of any preferred form of construction, said valveybeing preferably so formed as to serve as an escape for the exhaust-steam and the water of condensation and to allow only a certain amount or a predetermined amount of said exhaust-steam and the water of condensation to escape, and said valve may be closed only when desired. The other end of the pipe from which the coil 13 is formed projects outwardly, as shown at 16, and is connected at 17 by a ball-and-socket joint with a steam-supply pipe 13, and the pipe 16 is free t0 turn in the coupling at 17.

The coil 13 is held in place by metal bands 19, which pass transversely around the bottom of the kettle and around said coil in opposite directions, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

Vand the ends of which are secured to the ring or band 12v around the top of the kettle. I also inclose the kettle by a thin metal casing 20, which is also secured to said ring or band l2 and between which and the coil 13 is a narrow space 21, and the metal casing 20 is preferably perforated, and around the casing 2O and also secured to the ring or band 12 is another casing 22 of galvanized sheet metal or any preferred material, and the space between the casings 21 and 22 is filled with asbestos, as shown at 23, or with any other suitable or similar material which is adapted to serve as a non-conductor of heat. j

The downwardly-directed extension 14 of the coil 13 passes through a tube 24, which extends between the casings 2O and 22, and the kettle is provided with a detachable cover V25, having handles 26 and provided with a downwardly-'directed flange or rim 27, which fits within the top of the kettle, and said cover is provided with a central opening 28, which is preferably of the form shown in Fig. l, and at one side of the kettle is secured a handle 29 and at the opposite side a'lug or projection 30, which is also adapted to serve as a handle, and, as will be apparent, the material Within the casing may be shaken or agitated at any time by means of the lever 10, and said lever is also adaptedto serve as means for tipping the kettle or turning the same so as to dis- IOO charge the contents thereof, and in this operation of shaking or agitating the contents of the kettle and of turning the same so as to dischage the contents thereof the extension 16 of the coil 13 will turn in the coupling at 17 without interfering with the passage of the steam into and through the coil 13.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation and is perfectly adapted to acof pipe surrounding the same and being in contact therewith, a steam-pipe communicating with said coil through a universal joint, a discharge-spout connected with the lower end of said coil, a casing inclosing the said coil, a double casin g inclosing the rst-named casing, the inner wall of which is held at a predetermined distance therefrom, a packing of asbestos between the Walls of said double casing, and means for revolving said kettle, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, Jthis 15th day of February, 1897.

JOHN CLEAVE.

Witnesses:

ALBERT ZELLEY, HENRY COX. 

